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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery Serbia,
Montenegro & Kosovo In the early
years of the 21st Century gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Serbia-Montenegro.htm
Serbia is a source,
transit, and destination country for men, women, and girls trafficked internationally
and within the country for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and
forced labor … Children, mostly Roma, continued to be trafficked for the
purpose of sexual exploitation, forced marriage, or forced street begging.
The majority of identified victims in 2008 were Serbian women and girls
trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation; over half were children.
There was an increase in cases of trafficking for forced labor in 2008. - U.S.
State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009
[full country report] Montenegro is primarily a
transit country for the trafficking of women and girls from Ukraine, Moldova,
Serbia, Albania, and Kosovo to Western Europe for the purpose of commercial
sexual exploitation. There have been reported cases of forced labor in the
construction industry. There is anecdotal evidence that foreign children,
mainly Roma, are also trafficked through Montenegro for the purpose of forced
begging. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] Kosovo is a source,
transit, and destination country for women and children trafficked across
national borders for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. Kosovo
women and children are also trafficked within Kosovo for the same purpose.
NGOs reported that child trafficking, particularly from Roma communities, for
the purpose of forced begging, was an increasing problem. Most foreign
victims are young women from Eastern Europe subjected to forced prostitution.
Kosovo victims are also trafficked to countries throughout Europe including
Macedonia, Italy, and Albania. Kosovo residents, including three children,
made up the majority of identified trafficking victims in 2008. Police report
that internal trafficking involving Kosovo Serbs may also occur in north
Kosovo, a Serb-majority region that presents particular security challenges.
- U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Shameful Investigation Into Sex-Trafficking
Case Amnesty International, Index Number: EUR
70/001/2005, Date Published: 1 February 2005 www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR70/001/2005 [accessed 21 December 2010] The government of A Legal Analysis of Trafficking in Persons
Cases in Kosovo [PDF] Organization for Security and Co-operation
in Europe, The Department Of Human Rights, Decentralization, And Communities,
Legal System Monitoring Section, October 2007 [accessed 28 August 2011] [page 3] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - The problem of
trafficking in human beings (“trafficking”) continues to be a major human
rights concern in Kosovo. In cases monitored
by the OSCE, victims did not receive the basic guarantees provided by law,
and frequently faced prosecution or the threat of prosecution. Witness
protection measures were rarely used, despite the regular intimidation of
victims. Moreover, judges and prosecutors often failed to understand the legal
definition of the crime of trafficking, or permit perpetrators to go
unpunished. In summary, the OSCE
observed that authorities involved in the investigation and prosecution of
alleged traffickers fail to adopt a victim-centred
approach, or to ensure that perpetrators face justice. ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61673.htm [accessed 21 December 2010] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– Underage girls were among those trafficked for sexual exploitation. In
November authorities rescued a 14-year-old girl at the Slovenian border from an
international trafficking ring attempting to take her to the While Traffickers
recruited victims through enticements including advertisements for escorts,
marriage offers, and offers of employment. Women often went to work as
prostitutes knowingly and only later became trafficking victims. In many
cases international organized crime networks recruited, transported, sold,
and controlled victims. The main points in KPS rescues 2 human trafficking victims BETA News Agency, PRIŠTINA, 26 January 2008 www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=01&dd=26&nav_id=47248 [accessed 21 December 2010] “Thanks to
cooperation from citizens, members of the anti-human trafficking unit
discovered two females from Kosovo in a hotel basement on Friday,
that had been locked up there against their will,” announced the Peć Regional Police. A preliminary
investigation has revealed that the two girls, who are of Albanian ethnicity,
were locked up there for over two months. A Legal Analysis of Trafficking in Persons
Cases in Kosovo [PDF] Organization for Security and Co-operation
in [accessed 28 August 2011] [page 3] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - The problem of
trafficking in human beings (“trafficking”) continues to be a major human
rights concern in Kosovo. In cases monitored
by the OSCE, victims did not receive the basic guarantees provided by law,
and frequently faced prosecution or the threat of prosecution. Witness
protection measures were rarely used, despite the regular intimidation of
victims. Moreover, judges and prosecutors often failed to understand the
legal definition of the crime of trafficking, or permit perpetrators to go
unpunished. In summary, the OSCE
observed that authorities involved in the investigation and prosecution of
alleged traffickers fail to adopt a victim-centred
approach, or to ensure that perpetrators face justice. Amnesty International on human rights in
Serbia and Kosovo Amnesty International, 15 February 2007 www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/amnesty-international-human-rights-serbia-kosovo/article-161739 [accessed 21 December 2010] WHAT ACTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE FROM THE EU’S SIDE TO TACKLE
HUMAN-RIGHTS ISSUES THAT ALSO CONCERN THE With respect to
trafficking, we urge the EU to assist the Kosovo authorities in implementing
the Kosovo Action Plan on Trafficking, to ensure the protection of the rights
of trafficked persons, including to assistance and other forms of support, in
compliance with the Council of Europe Convention on Action against
Trafficking in Human Beings. Over 120.000 human trafficking victims pass
via Balkan a year MakFaxOnline, At one time this article had been archived and
may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 11 September 2011] More than 120.000
women and children, victims of human trafficking, pass through the Balkan
region per year before heading to the EU member-countries, Serbian government
said. "The number of trafficked
children rose from 10 to 56 percent, and lately up to 60 percent of
identified victims of human trafficking are Serbian citizens," said
Serbian Minister of Labor, Employment & Social Welfare Slobodan Lalovic. Human trafficking recovery center opens in
Belgrade B92 News, 16 September 2006 www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?nav_category=101&mm=9&dd=16&yyyy=2006 [accessed 21 December 2010] The
center's program was developed according to the demands and experiences
of victims, in order to offer help to abused women and enable them to return
to their normal lives and reintegrate into society. The route to hell Louisa Waugh, The Scotsman, 22 August 2006 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 11 September 2011] Reports of women
and girls being trafficked into Kosovo began to emerge within months of the United
Nations mission in Kosovo and the NATO peacekeepers arriving in July 1999.
While writing this book I travelled to Kosovo, and found it an intimidating
place to research the subject of trafficking. People were guarded with
information, and it is the only place I have ever been threatened by a police
officer for asking questions about human trafficking - he said that he could
have me detained if he wanted to. Human trafficking in Vojvodina BETA News Agency, 7 August 2006 www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2006&mm=08&dd=07&nav_category=102&nav_id=36024 [accessed 21 December 2010] The victims are most
commonly women from poor families who were subjected to violence within their
families. Their documents are taken away and many times they are threatened
to be killed or thrown into the Danube River where no one will find them. Protecting the human rights of women and
girls trafficked for forced prostitution in Kosovo - Summary [DOC] Amnesty International, 06/05/2004 www.amnesty.eu/static/documents/Kosovo_summary.doc [accessed 21 December 2010] In this report,
Amnesty International attempts to add to the growing understanding of
trafficking as an abuse of human rights, not least the right to physical and
mental integrity, and of the right to life, liberty and security of the
person. The report
documents abuses perpetrated against women and girls in Kosovo, including
abduction, deprivation of liberty and denial of freedom of movement, often
combined with other restrictions, including the withdrawal of travel or
identity documents. The organization also finds that women and girls have
been subjected to torture and ill-treatment, including psychological threats,
beatings and rape. Co-operation to Stop Sex Traffic Radio sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?ProgramID=2054&format=1&artikel=683238 [accessed 21 December 2010] The Swedish police
have begun working with their counterparts in Kosovo to stop a gang
responsible for sex trafficking. The
co-operation follows the case of a 17-year-old girl kidnapped from Kosovo and
brought to Albanians Given 10 To 12 Years In Jail For
Human Trafficking ONASA News Agency & Agence
France-Presse AFP, PRISTINA, 22 July 2005 kosovonewsandviews.blogspot.com/2005/07/albanians-given-10-to-12-years-in-jail.html [accessed 21 December 2010] Singh said the investigation
found out that two female victims from 13 Arrests in 10 Days on Human Trafficking
Charges OneWorldSee, 03/03/2005 www.oneworldsee.org/sq/node/7214 [accessed 21 December 2010] UNMIK Police
Trafficking of Human Beings Section (THBS) has arrested 13 persons on Human
Trafficking charges in the past ten days. Based on checks, surveillance and
intelligence-led operations, the investigative teams were able to rescue four
female victims, one in Prishtinë/Pristina, two in Gjilan/Gnjilane and one in Prizren Region and take into custody these 13 persons involved
in the trafficking. In one case, after
being forced into prostitution, the rescued victim had also been sold for
marriage: 4 suspects involved in the case were arrested. In another case, the
victim had been forced into prostitution by her boyfriend who brutally abused
her. Human Trafficking Trial in Bijelo Polje OneWorldSee, 30/03/2005 oneworldsee.org/node/7650 [accessed 21 December 2010] The prosecution,
represented by the Deputy State Prosecutor Lepa Medenica, accused Licina of
holding forcibly Milica Novakovic
from Pozega at his “ Balkans Urged To Curb Trafficking Imogen Foulkes,
BBC News, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4397497.stm [accessed 21 December 2010] Countries in Initiative to Help Fight Human Trafficking
in Three SEE Countries Robert Herschbach
for Southeast European Times – 05/04/05 www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/04/05/feature-03?print=yes [accessed 21 December 2010] Shameful Investigation Into Sex-Trafficking
Case Amnesty International, Index Number: EUR
70/001/2005, Date Published: 1 February 2005 www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR70/001/2005 [accessed 21 December 2010] The government of For Graham Johnson, 25 January 2004 www.rense.com/general68/whatthen.htm [accessed 21 December 2010] [scroll down] The children, some
as young as three, are snatched from their parents and sold for as little as
£300. Some are feared to have been taken as child sex slaves. Others are put
up for illegal adoptions by couples, including Britons, desperate to start a
family. These three youngsters all
live at a former United Nations refugee camp in Montenegro, part of the old
Yugoslavia. Government officials in sex trafficking
ring arrested Vesna Peric
Zimonjic, www.prisonplanet.com/government_officials_in_sex_trafficking_ring_arrested.html [accessed 21 December 2010] The arrests are
only a small part of the scandal, according to sources in the Montenegrin
capital, Podgorica. It is an open secret in the
Balkans that people-trafficking rings run through Montenegro to Bosnia and
Kosovo, with profits from the dirty trade reaching millions of euros. The sex-slave
routes lead to Italy and Britain, where at least 1,400 women, mainly from
eastern Europe, are tricked into prostitution each year. The trade is highly
lucrative for the men who "own" them; in London, women can bring in
about £100,000 a year for their pimps. Trafficking in Human Beings in Barbara Limanowska,
Stability Pact Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings, UNICEF, June 2002 www.unicef.de/download/trafficking-see.pdf [accessed 21 December 2010] [page
78] 1.2. TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN - Practically no
information exists on the trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of
children. There are some reports that
Roma girls and children from FRY are sold to Freedom House Country Report - 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/serbia [accessed 27 June 2012] Freedom House Country Report - Montenegro - Political Rights: 3 Civil Liberties: 3 Status: Partly Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/montenegro [accessed 27 June 2012] Freedom House Country Report - Kosovo - Political Rights: 6 Civil Liberties: 5 Status: Not Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/kosovo [accessed 27 June 2012] Human Rights
Overview Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org/europecentral-asia/serbia [accessed 21 December 2010] Stop Violence Against Women – Country Page Advocates for Human Rights, April 12, 2004 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 11 September 2011] Library of Congress Call Number DR1214 .Y83
1992 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/yutoc.html [accessed 21 December 2010] About 30 Cases of People Traffkicking Reported in Tanjug News Agency, www.msp.rs/Bilteni/Engleski/b040804_e.html#N2 [accessed 21 December 2010] The campaign
against the trafficking of children was initiated six month ago by
non-governmental organization Beosupport ( "So does it mean that we have the
rights?" Protecting the human rights of women and girls trafficked for
forced ...
[DOC] Amnesty International, 6 May 2004 www.amnesty.eu/static/documents/Kosovo_summary.doc [accessed 25 April 2012] Since the
deployment in July 1999 of an international peacekeeping force (KFOR) and the
establishment of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) civilian administration, Kosovo(6) has become a major destination
country for women and girls trafficked into forced prostitution. Women are
trafficked into Kosovo predominantly from Moldova, Bulgaria and Ukraine, the
majority of them via Serbia. At the same time, increasing numbers of local
women and girls are being internally trafficked, and trafficked out of
Kosovo. Facts and figures on trafficking of women
and girls for forced prostitution in Kosovo Amnesty International, Media Briefing, 6
May 2004 [accessed 30 August 2012] In 2002, it was
reported that 36 percent of the trafficked women and girls in Kosovo were
denied any medical care, while only ten percent were provided with regular
health care; the majority of trafficked women were forced to have unprotected
sex. To date, no trafficked women or
girls have obtained reparations for the physical, emotional and psychological
damage they have suffered as a result of these abuses of their human rights. UN Kosovo police arrested for sex
trafficking Ekrem Krasniqi
in At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 11 September 2011] In the meantime,
Amnesty International (AI) says the presence of international peacekeepers in
Kosovo has been fuelling the sexual exploitation of women and encouraging
trafficking. The human rights group
claims that UN and NATO troops in the region are using the trafficked women
and girls for sex, and that some have been involved in trafficking
itself. Girls as young as 11 from
Eastern European countries are being sold into sex slavery, according to
Amnesty International. The group’s 2004
yearly report - based on interviews with women and girls who have been
trafficked from countries such as Moldova, Bulgaria, and Ukraine to service
Kosovo’s sex industry - says that sex victims are moved illegally across
borders and sold in “trading houses” where they are sometimes drugged and
“broken in” before being sold from one trafficker to another for prices
ranging from €50 to €3,500. Civilitas Research, 09
January 2003 www.civilitasresearch.org/publications/view_article.cfm?article_id=26 [access date unavailable] However, the main
difficulty in dealing with the issue is the involvement of many senior
officials who are supposed to curtail illegal activities in the first place.
This high level involvement often serves to deter those officials who would
otherwise be willing to take a stronger stand. Sex Slavery Scandal Rattles Associated Press AP, Podgorica, July 8
2003 www.prisonplanet.com/070803sexrings.html [accessed 21 December 2010] Svetlana has a secret
-- one so dark and lurid, it has scandalized this usually unflappable corner
of the Balkans. It's not the story of
how she ended up in sexual slavery after being lured to Montenegro with the
promise of a decent job. Nor is it the
agonizing tale of how she was locked up in a brothel for three years and
toyed with by clients who abused her so savagely they broke bones and scarred
her genitals with cigarette burns.
Svetlana's unsettling secret is the identities of those clients -- a
damning account she gave police that implicated prominent Montenegrin
officials in the sex trade. All
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